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After watching the voting very carefully, like a chicken hawk watches a small chick in a farmers backyard, it has come to my attention that one of the listed coins in the current contest seems to have a voting pattern that resembles that of a "paid voting farm".

Now when I say "paid voting farm" what I am referring to is one of those services that offer all sorts of votes, likes, follows etc for a certain fee.

How can this be noticed?

Well, most of if not all these "services" vote vividly in a matter of no time.

Literally flooding the votes, likes, follows in a matter of minutes, depending on the number of clicks needed it can last anywhere from an hour to a day.

Usually these vote farms are all located in the same country, or sometimes if they are from certain parts of this world where two nations who share a common border and almost common language it can comprise of votes from two nations. Rarely shall any voting farm comprise of "voters" from various nations. Even if this is possible, even without having "physical people" in foreign lands. It all costs time and money, so most of these "services" just don't bother. They all get paid in advance and deliver what was promised and that is a done deal.

So, why is this so important?

Well, this contest is a lot more than just a contest, it is a promotion too.

That is right.

Apart from having a crypto token listed on netcoins.com etc etc etc, it shall bring along with it enough promotions, from blogs, posts, news articles and not to mention the actual web space that will probably equate to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of advetizing space/time.

Think about it.

So it is actually a rather very lucrative move by some freshly created copy paste pump and dump shitcoin to abuse the contest by hiring one of these BS vote farms.

Yes, unfortunately it is possible and from what I have seen with my very own eyes, there is a lot of reason to believe that one of the contending coins could very well be using a vote farm service.

How sad.

So having seen this crystal clear voting bahaviour from one of the listed options, I went ahead and sent an email to netcoins today and without explaining it, here it is and you can read it for yourselves:

RE: Report potential "paid voting farm" abuse in contest

Hi, my name is Jack Miller,

I am one of the many voters in this contest who is closely monitoring the results shown online.

I understand that the figures may or may not be "in line with real figures", which of course in itself is rather worrying.

However, there is one thing that I have noticed happening and that is the "voting habits" of various "voters" (vote numbers).

Based on what I have seen to date, I can safely say that there is enough reason to suggest that Verge could be using the services of a "paid voting farm".

Usually these votes are more than obvious as they ALL come from IPs in the exact same country or neighbouring country, rarely do these voting farms go to any extra costs to cover up their actions.

If this is "acceptable" in this contest, then who am I to say anything, however, it is my moral obligation to report anything that could put your company and thousands of crypto enthusiasts in a "negative" or should I say "awkward" position.

I appreciate your time and hope that you shall look into this.

Yours truly

Jack Miller

Yes, I did get a response, here it is:

Hello Jack- Thank you for your interest in our contest. It is paramount to us that the process if fair. We appreciate your feedback and take it very seriously. Please leave it with us.

Best,

Dave

I replied with:

I was thinking, in a constructive way, you could put together a spreadsheet after the contest and release it to the public:

Time of vote, last 3 numbers of IP address, Country of IP.

For each token in the running.

It would release your company of ALL "hear say" and likewise say a lot about the "voters" backing the tokens.

Likewise it would guarantee total transparency from your side and prove without a doubt that your company is promoting all the positive aspects of crypto, namely, transparency, decentralization and most importantly ensuring that all information is open to the public, which literally adds value to all crypto out there.

Again, this is just a suggestion and in the best of intentions.

I hope that you could at least consider it, for the sake of everyones good.

Sincerely

Jack Miller

END OF CONVERSATION TO DATE (19 October 2018, time of this post)

I truly hope that action shall be taken to ensure a fair race in this contest and likewise that in future.

It would truly be a shame to see some fresh off the press pump and dump shitcoins be listed on netcoins alongside tokens that have proven their value over time.

I hope that my email, which probably wasn't the only mail trying to make netcoins aware of what was obviously happening (and probably still is) actually get this issue looked into and that in the event that someone is using the services of a "paid for votefarm" be put in their right place.

The purpose of this post is to report on actions taken by myself as a voter in this contest who wants to see communities win and not some scammy pump and dump shitcoin operated by shady characters.

Yours truly